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Monument details
| HER Number: | MWX51535 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Possible Second World War military buildings |
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Summary
A small group of possible Second World War military buildings is visible on aerial photographs of 1946 between Denge Marsh and Dungeness Road. These features were mapped from aerial photographs as part of the South East RCZAS NMP project.
| Grid Reference: | TR 0581 1865 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR01NE |
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| Parish: | LYDD, SHEPWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
| Protected Status: | Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Group of Second World War military buildings, south of Dungeness Road, Dungeness |
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Full description
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The group of buildings is centred at TR 0581 1865, and extends across an area measuring approximately 175m east to west and 190m north to south. Their plan view and layout suggests a Second World War date, as well as the fact that they are not recorded on Ordnance Survey maps of 1940 or earlier. These buildings may have served as accommodation blocks. The buildings had been removed by the time of the next available aerial photograph of 1962 (1-2).
The features appears to be camouflaged pumps associated with PLUTO - the PipeLine Under The Ocean (21 fuel pipelines under the English Channel to France in second world war). (3-4)
<1> RAF, 1946, NMR RAF/106G/UK/1725 4090-91 10-SEPT-1946 (Photograph). SWX23826.
<2> 1962, NMR MAL/62513 97949-97950 11-APR-1962 (Photograph). SWX23769.
<3> Wikipedia, 2012, Operation Pluto - Wikipedia (Website). SKE54668.
<4> Geoff Slee, 2021, Combined Operations: PLUTO - Pipeline Under the Ocean (Website). SKE54670.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Photograph: RAF. 1946. NMR RAF/106G/UK/1725 4090-91 10-SEPT-1946. |
| <2> | Photograph: 1962. NMR MAL/62513 97949-97950 11-APR-1962. |
| <3> | Website: Wikipedia. 2012. Operation Pluto - Wikipedia. |
| <4> | Website: Geoff Slee. 2021. Combined Operations: PLUTO - Pipeline Under the Ocean. |
Related records
| MWX51491 | Part of: Possible Second World War bomb crater, Denge Marsh (Monument) |
| MWX51502 | Part of: Second World War PLUTO (Pipeline Under The Ocean) pumping station (Building) |
